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summercomfort) wrote2002-12-19 12:34 am
summercomfort) wrote2002-12-19 12:34 am
exerpts from "Early 00's Vocabulary", part of daily joke email
Even though I'd probably never use them, they still amuse me.
PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE - The fine art of whacking the crap out of an electronic device to get it to work again.
MOUSE POTATO: The on-line, wired generation's answer to the Couch Potato.
PRAIRIE DOGGING: When someone yells or drops something loudly in a cube farm, and people's heads pop up over the walls to see
what's going on. --
404 - Someone who's clueless. From the World Wide Web error message "404 Not Found," meaning that the requested document
could not be located. Used as in: "Don't bother asking him ...he's 404, man."
BLAMESTORMING - Sitting around in a group discussing why a deadline was missed or a project failed and who is responsible.
VULCAN NERVE PINCH - The taxing hand position required to reach all the appropriate keys for certain commands. For instance, the
warm re-boot for a Mac II computer involves simultaneously pressing the Control key, the Command key, the Return key and the
Power On key. Sometimes referred to as the "THREE-FINGERED SALUTE."
IRRITAINMENT - Entertainment and media spectacles that are annoying but you find yourself unable to stop watching them. The
O.J. trials, Ally McBeal, Monica Lewinsky, etc.
PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE - The fine art of whacking the crap out of an electronic device to get it to work again.
MOUSE POTATO: The on-line, wired generation's answer to the Couch Potato.
PRAIRIE DOGGING: When someone yells or drops something loudly in a cube farm, and people's heads pop up over the walls to see
what's going on. --
404 - Someone who's clueless. From the World Wide Web error message "404 Not Found," meaning that the requested document
could not be located. Used as in: "Don't bother asking him ...he's 404, man."
BLAMESTORMING - Sitting around in a group discussing why a deadline was missed or a project failed and who is responsible.
VULCAN NERVE PINCH - The taxing hand position required to reach all the appropriate keys for certain commands. For instance, the
warm re-boot for a Mac II computer involves simultaneously pressing the Control key, the Command key, the Return key and the
Power On key. Sometimes referred to as the "THREE-FINGERED SALUTE."
IRRITAINMENT - Entertainment and media spectacles that are annoying but you find yourself unable to stop watching them. The
O.J. trials, Ally McBeal, Monica Lewinsky, etc.